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[[File:Viruta and Capulina in La sombra del otro (cropped).jpg|thumb|250px|Viruta: Marco Antonio Campos]]
[[File:Viruta and Capulina in La sombra del otro.jpg|thumb|250px|Capulina: Gaspar Henaine]]
'''Viruta y Capulina''' ({{langx|en|Viruta and Capulina}}), performed by [[Marco Antonio Campos]] and [[Gaspar Henaine]], were a Mexican [[double act]] featured in [[film]], [[television]], [[theatre]], [[radio]], and [[comic book]]s from 1956 to 1966.<ref name="Viruta y Capulina filmaran en el estudio de Walt Disney">{{cite news|title=Viruta y Capulina filmaran en el estudio de Walt Disney|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9W9EAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WrIMAAAAIBAJ&dq=viruta%20y%20capulina&pg=2160%2C4280808|access-date=10 October 2013|newspaper=[[La Opinión]]|date=September 6, 1962}}</ref><ref name="Cobran bien en la TV Viruta y Capulina">{{cite news|title=Cobran bien en la TV Viruta y Capulina|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KHFEAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XbIMAAAAIBAJ&dq=viruta%20y%20capulina&pg=1471%2C2331140|access-date=10 October 2013|newspaper=[[La Opinión]]|date=September 29, 1963}}</ref>
==Career==
Viruta and Capulina's first feature film, ''[[Se los chupó la bruja]]'', was shot in 1957 and released the following year by Películas Nacionales. Upon viewing the film for the first time during a private screening, Capulina said that he felt "desolate" and told his wife that he would "never again work in film."<ref name="Viruta y Capulina filmaran en el estudio de Walt Disney" /> However, the film was successful at the box office; screening in theaters for eight weeks.<ref name="Viruta y Capulina filmaran en el estudio de Walt Disney" />
The films of Viruta and Capulina were often associated with "bad quality" films and television programs.<ref name="Viruta y Capulina filmaran en el estudio de Walt Disney" /> In response, Capulina admitted that he and Viruta never had "the slightest freedom to choose the screenplays."<ref name="Viruta y Capulina filmaran en el estudio de Walt Disney" />
==Films==
{| class="wikitable"
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! Year !! Title !! Production company
|-
| 1957
| ''[[La sombra del otro (film)|La sombra del otro]]''
| Producciones Dyana
|-
| rowspan="6"|1958
| ''[[Se los chupó la bruja]]''
| Filmadora Chapultepec
|-
| ''[[Viaje a la luna]]''
| Brooks y Enríquez
|-
| ''[[Los legionarios]]''
| Producciones Zacarías
|-
| ''[[La odalisca No. 13]]''
| Producciones Zacarías
|-
| ''[[Muertos de miedo]]''
| Filmadora Chapultepec
|-
| ''[[A sablazo limpio]]''
| Brooks y Enríquez
|-
| 1959
| ''[[Angelitos del trapecio]]''
| Producciones Zacarías
|-
| rowspan="6"|1960
| ''[[Los tigres del desierto]]''
| Producciones Zacarías
|-
| ''[[Dos locos en escena]]''
| Producciones Zacarías
|-
| ''[[Dos criados malcriados]]''
| Producciones Zacarías
|-
| ''[[El dolor de pagar la renta]]''
| Producciones Zacarías
|-
| ''[[Cómicos y canciones]]''
| Alameda Films
|-
| ''[[Los desenfrenados]]''
| Producciones Zacarías
|-
| rowspan="4"|1961
| ''[[Limosneros con garrote]]''
| Filmadora Chapultepec
|-
| ''[[Un par... a todo dar]]''
| Filmadora Chapultepec
|-
| ''[[Pegando con tubo]]''
| Filmadora Chapultepec
|-
| ''[[Dos tontos y un loco]]''
| Filmadora Chapultepec
|-
| rowspan="3"|1962
| ''[[Qué perra vida]]''
| Filmadora Chapultepec
|-
| ''[[Cascabelito]]''
| Filmadora Chapultepec
|-
| ''[[En peligro de muerte]]''
| Producciones Zacarías
|-
| rowspan="2"|1963
| ''[[Los invisibles]]''
| Filmadora Chapultepec
|-
| ''[[Barridos y regados]]''
| Filmadora Chapultepec
|-
| rowspan="3"|1964
| ''[[Buenos días, Acapulco]]''
| Producciones Zacarías
|-
| ''[[Los astronautas]]''
| Producciones Zacarías
|-
| ''[[La edad de piedra]]''
| Producciones Zacarías
|-
| 1965
| ''[[Los reyes del volante]]''
| Producciones Zacarías
|-
| rowspan="4"|1966
| ''[[Cada quién su lucha]]''
| Producciones Zacarías
|-
| ''[[Dos meseros majaderos]]''
| Producciones Zacarías
|-
| ''[[La batalla de los pasteles]]''
| Producciones Zacarías
|-
| ''[[La cigüeña distraída]]''
| Producciones Zacarías
|-
| rowspan="4"|1967
| ''[[Detectives o ladrones..?]]''
| Atenea Films
|-
| ''[[Dos pintores pintorescos]]''
| Producciones Zacarías
|-
| ''[[Un par de robachicos]]''
| Producciones Zacarías
|-
| ''[[El camino de los espantos]]''
| Producciones Zacarías
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
{{Viruta y Capulina}}
[[Category:Mexican comedy duos]]
[[Category:Fictional film duos]]
[[Category:Fictional Mexican people]]
[[Category:Male characters in film]]
[[Category:Film characters introduced in 1957]]
[[Category:Comedy film characters]]
[[Category:Comedy television characters]]